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HB3088 Enrolled |
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| AN ACT relating to schools.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Private Business and Vocational Schools Act |
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| is amended by
changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 425/1.1)
(from Ch. 144, par. 136.1)
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| Sec. 1.1. Exemptions and annual filing.
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| (a) For purposes of this Act, the following shall
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| considered to be a private business and vocational school:
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| (1) Any eleemosynary institution.
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| (2) Any religious institution.
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| (3) Any public educational institution exempt from |
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| property taxation
under the laws of this State.
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| (4) Any in-service course of instruction and subject |
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| offered by an
employer provided no tuition is charged and |
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| such instruction is offered
only to employees of such |
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| employer.
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| (5) Any educational institution (A) which (i) on the |
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| effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1984 or which on |
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| January 2, 2001 enrolls a
majority of its students in |
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| degree programs and , has maintained an
accredited status |
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| with the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of
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| the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools or |
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| (ii) on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 93rd General Assembly enrolls
students in one or |
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| more bachelor-level programs,
enrolls a majority of its |
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| students in degree
programs,
and is accredited by a
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| national accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. |
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| Department of
Education , and (B) which is regulated by the |
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| Illinois Board of Higher
Education under
the Private |
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| College Act or the Academic Degree Act, or which is exempt |
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| from
such regulation under either of the foregoing Acts |